Garment.



E. J. EMERY. GARMENT; APPI JCATION FILE? OCT- 13. 1915- v v Patented July-25, 1916;

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T W J- E. J. EMERY.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-13,1915- Patented July 25 1916 2 smears-sac 2.

Witnesses aging ih dl iil? ELIJ'AH J. EMEBYLL EHP TTSVILLE,PENNSYLVANIA.

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To alllwhom itmay concern-.4 y

.- ;Be t known that 1,,Emaan J. EMERY, "OIUZGII of the United States,IQSlCllIlgJlh State of'Pennsylvania, haveinyented new and usefulImprovements 111. Garments, of which the following is a specification.

- piece garment, for working men, and one of the objects of theinvention is to construct in combined blouse and overall which maybe/easilyv and quickly positioned-upon the wearer.

. Another object of the invention. is to construct an outer or workinggarment which shall include a back and body portion hav 'ng an integralleg portion, the body por- -tion having attached thereto below theawaistline' thereof a frontor blouse, the mem :bers' of which overlapand being rez' n'ovably toonnected, the leg portion as well es the bodyof the crotch thereof having secured thereto front leg portions whichinclude an apron member, the said apron member adapted to be folded overand tobe attached to'the front or. blouse portion of the gai *ment abovethe waistline thereof, whileqthe free ends of the front leg portionswere movably connected with the rear leg por- 3o tions, thus producing agarment which, While, as stated,may be easily and quickly arranged uponthe person of the wearer, permits of the same being easily washed, driedand ironed.

With the above and other objects in View, the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set [forth in thefollowing specifics-hon and falling Within the scope of theappended'cleims.

. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garmentconstructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a similar VlGW ofthe apron lowered and the front members of the blouse'opened, Fig. 3 isa perspective 45 view of the apron brought away from the blouse and thefront legs moved away from the rear legs, Fig. iis a sectional view anproximately on the line 4.-4 of Fig.1, Fig.

' 5 is a sectionalview approximately on the .50 line 5-501? Fig. 1, andFig. 6 is a sectional View approximately on the line 6-6 of nt isconstructed of 1. he improved garrn --f some suitahlecloth 15' ted forhard wear, as the said garmenti' esigned for the use of mechanics andthe lik and the, germent specification of Letters Patent.

es imation ares Qctohei' 13,1915; s'ei iaijiif oise? a Pottsville, inthe countyof Schuylkill and ,,'lhe' present invention relates to a oneGARMENT l I. futon ted Joys- 5. mm

includes essentially a back body portion 1, the same preferab llycomprising two sections which are centrally 'stitched togethbr. Thestitches connecting'the ba clt'ijl terminate at the crotch 20f thegarment and 'tlie said. back includes members extending from. the

said crotch 2'providing the rear leg sections 3. The back body portion,below the collar 4;, is provided with the arms 5, and the said arms havetheir outer members secured to the front body portions 6%6 which arestitched to the back body, the said front body portions 6-45 beingconnected. with the beck body above and; in c line with. the crotch 2.thereof. The body members have their lower edges curved, es at 7, andtheir inner edges Vertically straight and adapted one to overlap theother. One of the said edgesof one of the body portions (3 has so curedthereon the male membersfi of a clasp,

male members 8. The frcnt b ody members- 6 are provided approximately ina line with the central portion of the sleeves 5- with male members 10similar. tothe male membore 8, and the outer edges of, therear sections3 are proyided with similar mole members 11.. The front body portions 6above the line of the crotch) are likewise proi idedwith a similar molesecuring mem ber 12. I

Stitched to the inner edge of the leg sections 3 as well. as to thecrotch 2 of the body are the front leg members iii- 13, thesaid membersbeing provided with an extension forming an apron 141', and the inneredges of the leg sections 13 are provided with female catch memberslowhich are adapted to en gage with the male members ii. and 12 when thegarment is arranged upon the body of the wearer. Likewise the apron leiat the upper corners thereof is provided with catch members 16 whichreceive the catch members 10 upon the frontbody portion. or

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blouse member 6 when the apron is secured over the front of thegel-intuit. The garment may be pro 'ded with any number of pockets uponthe central. portion of the apron as well as upon the body of res theapron adjacent the front leg portion formed with the said apron, thesaid pockets being indicated by the numerals 1"? and .18, and likewisethe rear face of the body mem be): at the seat of. the garmentmay beenvided with similar pockets 19 and 20. One

of the rear leg members 8 upon its outer face is provided with twoparallel spaced pockets 21 and 22, the upper pocket 22 being of agreater depth than the lower pocket 21, so that a rule, or similarmeasuring instru ment, may be first inserted in the pocket 21 andallowed to drop by gravity to within the pocket 22.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantagesthereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled inthe art to which such invention appertains with out further detaileddescription.

Having thus described the invention, What 1' claim is:

1. In a combined overall and blouse, a hack including a body portion andleg portions, front body portions secured to the edges of the back bodyportion above the waistline of the said body portion, front leg portionssecured to the inner edges of the rear leg portions and to the crotch ofthe back body portion, said frontand rear leg portions having free outeredges, said front leg poi lions extending above the waistline of therear body portion, an apron member formed with the front leg portions,means for removably securing the apron to the front body'portions, andmeans for removably connecting the free edges of the front leg sectionsto the free edges of the rear leg portions throughout their entirelength and to the rear body portion above the waistline thereof.

2. In a garment for the purpose described,

a hack including a-body portion and leg portions extending from thecrotch of the back and below the waistline of the said back, front bodyportions secured one to each of the outer edges of the rear body portionul)0\'0 the waistline and in a line with the crotch thereof, said frontand body portions having their lower edges rounded toward the outeredges thereof, and one of the said outer edges adapted to overlap theouter edge of the second member, clasps for securing the overlappingedges, one of said members being arranged upon the outer faces of eachof the overlapping members, outer leg members secured to the inner edgesof the inner leg members at the crotch of the back body portion of thegarment, said front and rear leg members having free outer edges, saidouter leg members extending above the waistline of the rear bodyportion, clasp men'ibcrs upon the free edges of the front and rear legsections and upon the body member above the waistline thereof fortemporarily connecting the outer leg sections to the rear leg sectionsthroughout their entire length and to the rear body, said front legsections having extending apron portions, said apron having claspmen'ibcrs engaging with the clasp members, upon the members comprisingthe front body portions.

In testimony whereof I a iii): my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

EL'IJAH J. EMERY.

Witnesses:

A. Mason Hornms, PAUL R1011.

